Extreme Right Research Network
@errnetwork.bsky.social
The Extreme Right Research Network is dedicated to understanding the extreme right of today by understanding its past, and using that to inform future intervention and engagement. Part of the Centre for Historical Studies at the University of Northampton.
This week's archive image - one of a number of pictures held in the archive around the Spearhead group and their activities. As well as these, pictures also cover them lounging in the grass with their legs kicked up, lectures from Colin Jordan, and a rather bored looking audience.
An image from the Archive. A picture of Spearhead on maneuvers, with Brendan Wilmer, Dennis Pirie, John Tyndall and Colin Jordan. Spearhead emerged within John Bean's BNP, a paramilitary force that would go on to form their own party under Jordan - the National Socialist Movement.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This week's archive image - one of a number of pictures held in the archive around the Spearhead group and their activities. As well as these, pictures also cover them lounging in the grass with their legs kicked up, lectures from Colin Jordan, and a rather bored looking audience.
The @searchlightarchive.bsky.social, part of the Extreme Right Research Network, is starting posting archive items every week - last week they shared this still from a digitised Super8 film, the outcome of a digitisation project supported by the University of Northampton's Research Directorate
We are going to be using the Bluesky account here to share some of the exciting facts from the archive, and some of the items we have found. Below is an image of an anti-Common Market campaign in London, with the National Front and unions marching, taken from our film collection.
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The @searchlightarchive.bsky.social, part of the Extreme Right Research Network, is starting posting archive items every week - last week they shared this still from a digitised Super8 film, the outcome of a digitisation project supported by the University of Northampton's Research Directorate
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If you're interested in my new project on medievalism & the extreme right, you can read the first update on our blog here: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... As the project progresses, @siobhanhyland.bsky.social and I will write updates to share info & upcoming events. @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️
Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past | UON
A few years ago, my colleague (and Searchlight archivist) Dr Dan Jones sent me some scans of items I might find interesting. One of them was a scan...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
If you're interested in my new project on medievalism & the extreme right, you can read the first update on our blog here: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... As the project progresses, @siobhanhyland.bsky.social and I will write updates to share info & upcoming events. @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️
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A little story from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social - with a huge thank you to Jen and the press team at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. A letter from Otto Frank to Maurice Ludmer, then editor of @searchlightmag.bsky.social. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/a-fathe...
A Father’s Fight for Justice: Unpublished letter from Otto Frank to the British press discovered in University of Northampton’s Searchlight Archive | UON
A discovery has been made deep within the archives at the University of Northampton which casts a new spotlight on a father’s fight for justice in...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A little story from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social - with a huge thank you to Jen and the press team at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. A letter from Otto Frank to Maurice Ludmer, then editor of @searchlightmag.bsky.social. www.northampton.ac.uk/news/a-fathe...
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The @errnetwork.bsky.social website is now live! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Stay tuned for more content soon.
Research Blogs
Read the latest updates from our Research Centres via our Blogs.
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June 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The @errnetwork.bsky.social website is now live! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Stay tuned for more content soon.
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Congratulations to my PhD student Billy Mann for the publication of his first article! doi.org/10.1111/rec3... @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️"Faith in Fear: Conspiracy Theories as an Explanatory Tradition Within the American Christian Right"
Faith in Fear: Conspiracy Theories as an Explanatory Tradition Within the American Christian Right
Since the 1970s, the Christian right in America has developed from a movement deliberately detached from politics into a lobbying force wielding influence in the heart of the American political syste....
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July 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Congratulations to my PhD student Billy Mann for the publication of his first article! doi.org/10.1111/rec3... @errnetwork.bsky.social 🗃️"Faith in Fear: Conspiracy Theories as an Explanatory Tradition Within the American Christian Right"
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🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
Mark Wilson, our partner from Dudley Council, is talking the workshop through the practicalities of managing the extreme right, exploring the response to the 2024 Riots. A fascinating insight into how our work can inform work, and how our partners operate.
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Mark Wilson, our partner from Dudley Council, is talking the workshop through the practicalities of managing the extreme right, exploring the response to the 2024 Riots. A fascinating insight into how our work can inform work, and how our partners operate.
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Session 2 of @errnetwork.bsky.social event from Mark Wilson (Community Safety Officer, Dudley) on challenging the extreme right - moving from the theoretical to the practical.
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Session 2 of @errnetwork.bsky.social event from Mark Wilson (Community Safety Officer, Dudley) on challenging the extreme right - moving from the theoretical to the practical.
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Our @errnetwork.bsky.social event Addressing the Extreme Right event has kicked off with world expert in fascism Roger Griffin talking to us about defining extremism.
June 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Our @errnetwork.bsky.social event Addressing the Extreme Right event has kicked off with world expert in fascism Roger Griffin talking to us about defining extremism.
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Great to be at the @errnetwork.bsky.social Addressing the Extreme Right Threat workshop day. @pnjackson.bsky.social just announcing our new website, soon to have podcasts. Running a @searchlightarchive.bsky.social stall, including some classic copies of @searchlightmag.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Great to be at the @errnetwork.bsky.social Addressing the Extreme Right Threat workshop day. @pnjackson.bsky.social just announcing our new website, soon to have podcasts. Running a @searchlightarchive.bsky.social stall, including some classic copies of @searchlightmag.bsky.social
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Fancy a last minute trip to Northampton on Friday to discuss combatting the extreme right? We've got a couple of travel bursaries left - if this would help you attend do get in touch, we'd love to have you here.
Just a week until this event organised by @pnjackson.bsky.social @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and myself. Still a few tickets left, and time to alter the catering, so do get in touch. We also have a couple of £75 travel bursaries left if it helps people attend.
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
June 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Fancy a last minute trip to Northampton on Friday to discuss combatting the extreme right? We've got a couple of travel bursaries left - if this would help you attend do get in touch, we'd love to have you here.
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Just a week until this event organised by @pnjackson.bsky.social @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and myself. Still a few tickets left, and time to alter the catering, so do get in touch. We also have a couple of £75 travel bursaries left if it helps people attend.
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
May 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just a week until this event organised by @pnjackson.bsky.social @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and myself. Still a few tickets left, and time to alter the catering, so do get in touch. We also have a couple of £75 travel bursaries left if it helps people attend.
We have 4x£75 travel bursaries available for PGRs, ECRs and precarious researchers for this event. Just drop an email to daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk if you would like more information. And you can book until early next week, but we are getting low on tickets! Link in original post.
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
May 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We have 4x£75 travel bursaries available for PGRs, ECRs and precarious researchers for this event. Just drop an email to daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk if you would like more information. And you can book until early next week, but we are getting low on tickets! Link in original post.
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GREAT news - we have a slight budget surplus on this event so we are able to offer 4 x £75 travel bursaries to PGRs/ECRs/other precariously employed researchers: so if you'd like to join us in Northampton for the day, contact @narson.bsky.social on daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk.
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
May 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
GREAT news - we have a slight budget surplus on this event so we are able to offer 4 x £75 travel bursaries to PGRs/ECRs/other precariously employed researchers: so if you'd like to join us in Northampton for the day, contact @narson.bsky.social on daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk.
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
May 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On the 6th of June we are hosting our first summer workshop - a day of talks from academics, practitioners and cultural figures to explore the extreme right and their impacts. Tickets are free, lunch is provided, and it should be a fantastic day.
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
Register at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Along with the University Archive we will be hosting the Northamptonshire Archives and Collections meetup on the 31st of July at 2pm - every 6 months we meet up, have cake and tea, and discuss what is going on with our local heritage groups and how we can support them.
May 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Along with the University Archive we will be hosting the Northamptonshire Archives and Collections meetup on the 31st of July at 2pm - every 6 months we meet up, have cake and tea, and discuss what is going on with our local heritage groups and how we can support them.
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Day 1 done in the archives for my British Academy project today with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social who is my RA and @narson.bsky.social the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social archivist! I can’t show you any of the archive material here as it’s horrible extremist stuff, so here is my archive tea break.
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Day 1 done in the archives for my British Academy project today with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social who is my RA and @narson.bsky.social the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social archivist! I can’t show you any of the archive material here as it’s horrible extremist stuff, so here is my archive tea break.
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It now has an online shop: shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It now has an online shop: shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Now has its own online shop for the free tickets! - shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Now has its own online shop for the free tickets! - shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...
On the 6th of June we will be hosting our first major summer event - a free day-long workshop bringing together academics with practitioners and professionals to discuss the extreme right. A year on from riots that played out across Britain, we have some fantastic speakers. Come join us!
This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.
March 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On the 6th of June we will be hosting our first major summer event - a free day-long workshop bringing together academics with practitioners and professionals to discuss the extreme right. A year on from riots that played out across Britain, we have some fantastic speakers. Come join us!
Join us for the updated 2025 Extreme Right Aware on the 23rd of May. Online shop portal coming soon, in meantime contact Dan on the email listed!
The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.
March 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us for the updated 2025 Extreme Right Aware on the 23rd of May. Online shop portal coming soon, in meantime contact Dan on the email listed!
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The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.
March 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.
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This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.